Having issues with the Dragonewt

[Dordrac]

I just got to the Dragonewt after meeting Rose and haven't been able to get past the first phase of this. None of my attacks are doing any damage, so I feel seriously underleveled. Basically, I'm hitting around 15 damage for a complete combo.. Currently my characters are lvl 17, should I level up more?

I was doing fine with the game on hard up until this boss that resists every attack I have.

[Nep Nep Nepppp]

just defend and wait rose to finish her pact it take 2-3 mins defend this boss

[Dordrac]

Pretty sure I've survived for at least that long without the fight ending a couple times already

[Antitype]

That boss was such a pain on Hard, barely scratching him and just waiting it out won't get you anywhere, you need to take some of his HP. Dodge -> Armatized Hidden Art chain, rinse and repeat, takes a while but eventually the scripted event will kick in.

[Yaldabaoth]

Use Edna, disable all her artes but Air Pressure. It does normal damage against the boss. Rest is just survive and keep that thing away from Edna.

[Terfio]

Agree that one was pain on hard. There are battle actions which lure enemies to defending units. Dunno if it works against dragonnewt but u should give it a try in addition to the before mentioned air pressure tactic

[Lawlben]

If you play Sorey all of his first hits when you press a direction + attack are wind elemental and should start a weakness combo (it's weak against wind)

[bland.life]

Maybe dial down the difficulty?
I'm already having problems on Normal with my party at lvl 19-20.
Probably I'm just that bad at the complex battle system :P

Somehow the seraphs dieing and reviving then doing revive kamui with Rose save the day.
Rose finished the Dragonewt on auto while Sorey is dead.

[method115]

I'm playing on hard and didn't find that fight to hard. You do need to drain some of the life for the event to trigger. It wasn't until the Griffin fight that I had serious issues and thought maybe I was doing things wrongs. Even then I realized I just need to use strategy. In vesperia I was pretty used to just running and mashing combos together. This game requires a little more strategy.

[Antitype]

What is hard on first playthrough (on hard) is that 1) you are low lvl unless you did some grinding 2) you pretty much still suck at the battle system 3) only have access to weakness from your human form but the boss hits like a truck in said form.

Even if it takes ages, I found doing it in Water Armatized form was easier, you can heal, shoot from range and you will eventually wear it down enough for the event to trigger.
The Edna air pressure tip might be viable as well and likely faster if you can protect her.

[slinq]

just beat him. doubt ill ever play the game again way to go on pissing off your players

[Cup of Tea` ヽ(´ー｀)ノ]

So I just did this a little while ago and stumbled across this thread.

I have two methods here I think work well. They were both mentioned previously but I added a little more detail to how I made it work.

General tips - use guard and strafe his !! Attack or just run away from it. He does a slam dunk that will deal a lot of damage and stun you if you're not careful. Hit and run as much as you can.

The slow way - use armitage immediately with Mikleo. Spam your arrow attack combos. They're weak but they'll chip him away over time. Make sure to use your right trigger to heal when he's casting his rock shield spell or if you're full use the regular mystic art (a button) to summon your water bubbles. He will run into them and damage himself. Your arrows can also take down his rock shield.

Or use Edna (this is how I won). Disable her other artes like previously mentioned so she will only use Air Pressure. Kite the boss using free run until Edna casts Air Pressure. Once it lands, combo with Sorey's regular attack combos. Run away again and repeat. Avoid getting close when his rock shield is up. The rocks will stun you for a short time if you get hit. Air Pressure should also remove the rocks, so any time Edna uses it start wailing on him.